Molotov cocktail

短语

n. 燃烧弹(攻击战车用)

发音

UK /ˈmɒ.ləˌtɒf ˈkɒk.teɪl/
US /ˈmɔ.ləˌtɔv ˈkɑk.teɪl/

词形变化

Molotov cocktails 复数 Molotov cocktails

别名

molotov cocktail Molotoff cocktail Molotov's cocktail

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle, either filled with a flammable liquid such as petroleum and supplied with a rag for a fuse that is lit just before being hurled, or filled with such a mix of flammable liquids that it ignites itself when it is smashed and its contents are exposed to air.

    燃烧瓶

    汽油弹

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

petrol bomb

上位词 2

IED improvised explosive device

词源

Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined in Finland during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, and named after then-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), who claimed the bombs the Soviet Union dropped on Finland were airborne humanitarian food deliveries prompting Finns to say their firebombs were Molotov cocktails (drinks to go with his food deliveries).

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